Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

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10 questions

Instructions

Read the article from Newsela, then answer the ten questions to the right. You must do your own work! You will have a chance to remediate up to 90% if needed. This will be our first grade in Quarter 2, and is assessing two important reading SOL skills:
Reading: Vocabulary (4 questions)
Reading: Nonfiction Comprehension (6 questions)

Required

Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

Read the following sentence from the article. "The new analysis suggests that the witch craze was most intense where Catholic-Protestant rivalry was strongest." Which sentence from the article BEST supports this idea?

How did the Catholic-Protestant rivalry affect the witch trials of early modern Europe?

Read the following excerpt:

"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."

Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be:

Based on their characterization in this article, which of the following statements would Peter Leeson and Jacob Russ most likely NOT agree with?

Read the following sentence from the article. "The new analysis suggests that the witch craze was most intense where Catholic-Protestant rivalry was strongest." Which sentence from the article BEST supports this idea?

How did the Catholic-Protestant rivalry affect the witch trials of early modern Europe?

Read the following excerpt:

"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."

Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be:

Based on their characterization in this article, which of the following statements would Peter Leeson and Jacob Russ most likely NOT agree with?

Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

Read the following sentence from the article. "The new analysis suggests that the witch craze was most intense where Catholic-Protestant rivalry was strongest." Which sentence from the article BEST supports this idea?

How did the Catholic-Protestant rivalry affect the witch trials of early modern Europe?

Read the following excerpt:"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be:

Based on their characterization in this article, which of the following statements would Peter Leeson and Jacob Russ most likely NOT agree with?

Read the following sentence from the article. "The new analysis suggests that the witch craze was most intense where Catholic-Protestant rivalry was strongest." Which sentence from the article BEST supports this idea?

How did the Catholic-Protestant rivalry affect the witch trials of early modern Europe?

Read the following excerpt:"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be:

Based on their characterization in this article, which of the following statements would Peter Leeson and Jacob Russ most likely NOT agree with?

Read the following excerpt:

"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."

Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be:

Read the following excerpt:

"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."

Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be: